Man accused of posing as U.S. agent arraigned on federal charges in White Plains

9:29 PM,
Jun. 19, 2013

Carl Osborne

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A Brooklyn man was arraigned Wednesday on federal charges, accused of posing as a Department of Homeland Security agent and making traffic stops on at least five occasions, often flashing a pistol he bought over the Internet and a fake federal badge purchased on eBay for $80.

On at least three of the stops, including twice in Pelham Manor, police appeared to buy the ruse. In one of those cases, in the Bronx, they issued a driver a traffic summons after the man, whom federal authorities identified as Carl Osborne, 36, told them the driver had been speeding on Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive.